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Rhiannon12866

(257,179 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:50 AM Yesterday

BOOM: Republican Bill YANKED From Floor in SURPRISE Move - Meidas Touch

it's Earth Day! And in a surprise twist on Capitol Hill; there's actually some good news to report. Arkansas Republican Bruce Westerman's bill to gut the Endangered Species Act, was pulled from the floor.

But we know Republicans are not good faith actors-at the same time that this bill was pulled from a vote; the Trump regime is gearing up to remove all ESA protections from the Gulf of Mexico.

If the self named "God Squad's" decision to do this holds up; several endangered and threatened species in the Gulf of Mexico could face extinction. Suri Crowe has the latest. - 04/23/2026.

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There was a time... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #1

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Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:01 AM

21 hrs ago

In the later years of my working life where I was considered an ESA specialist. This makes me sick to my stomach. Once there is a wave of localized extinctions, the whole local ecosystem will crash and after that, it will be a rapid decline in all ecosystems partly due to the migratory nature of many of the extincted species. It's connected and once a big chunk goes, the whole sweater quickly unravels.

It's the bioshpere, stupid, should be the motto going forward.

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